When I'm stressed I like to sort fabric scraps then take the smallest of them to the machine and make order out of the chaos. My scraps are all shapes, all sizes, all color values and patterns. The focus color of April is yellow, so I pulled out the yellow scrap bin, and started sorting.
In my bin was a bag of blocks, improv starts, left overs. A treasure chest! I ...
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| see the fashionable ladies who lunch??? |
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| cupcakes, fat chefs, chocolates! |
repurpose a wearable
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| like an old Christmas apron? |
or make something to actually wear, and I needed an apron so...
I picked fabrics starting with the fancy chefs, and fussy cut some strips to use, started piecing them large enough to cover the apron...
I cut around the apron with enough to fold under to stitch to the edge of ...
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First I took star blocks sort of the same size, that I made with Christmas scrap fabric, to try a pattern (over the years) added to them to make it people size. Then decided to join them with an irish chain block, in a vintage gold with gold metallic fabric.
I sewed them in rows making the ...
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I've been trying to catch up on the things I wanted to do this season,..
we are just about cleaned up from the long illness although DH is still coughing, and I am just feeling safe to turn my head to art again!
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| quick sketch |
My paints paper brushes and ink pens have been used, starting with 2 tutorials (beginners)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRxRkMx3etA&t=43s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3Q8tObxPF0&t=931s
I am trying to get back in studio to make things. I wanted to paint cards, bead ornaments, and sew. I haven't had time to do anything til this this week. I dragged out the scrap bag of Christmas fabrics, and found 6 star blocks the same size.
then tried to find a fabric to insert in spaces between. Amazing ...
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made using this tiny pattern, a pile of pretty scraps, scrap of batting, and effort
we are still in a sick house, 2 medical appts later, a run of antibiotics, 2 plus weeks of contagion that continues as all the sheets, towels, surfaces, etc must now be cleaned. All doctors called it a virus and how it got through distancing, masks, and glove wearing when outside, we don't know. It's knocked dh out and all the heavy lifting, cleaning, dog care, and cooking falls on me. Now he ...
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The turquoise/aqua color palette sang to me, of peace, comfort, soft beauty and clear skies. This little improvisational piece is finished, and fits my bedside table beautifully.
it started with the 4 log cabin blocks... tiny scraps and color variations, one sewn to another, round and round then trim and sew the 4 blocks together. I had little triangles in the box, so those were done in an improvisational way. Flying Geese.
I wanted color balance so I continued to add ...
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I had no formal art training in school because I spent all elective hours on band ...
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| just a test of my posca pens |
I've been sewing, painting and sketching this week. This is my little round up of each....
I got stuck working to turn a set of 12 RSC blocks into a person sized quilt this week, so I took them off the design wall and put up another set I did last year, and loved them!
however I found only 10 blocks so I quickly made two more in colors I like,
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| yellow/gold |
and
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| purple for RSC color of the month of April |
and began to think of how to make these ...
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| Mandala hearts 14" X 18" |
Welcome to my creative round up for this week... which includes a finished Valentine quilt, more blocks for my stay at home round robin, some paintings and a hand bound book to in which to draw and paint.
(remember to click on any image to see it larger)
let's get started with the Valentine quilt for this year, shall we? I have made one for each year DH and I have been married, some are bed sized, some are tiny, some are wall sized. I used to show them all in a lecture I ...
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| four 8" blocks made with a new technique |
I decided not to renew my paid membership to "the quilt show" this year. That means I had to quickly watch the show by Gylene Fitzgerald before it was unavailable, and learn to use her ruler. So I did...
she also taught how ...
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| Milo: can I get on Mama?? (Mama: nope) |
piecing around them pineapple style with pretty holiday scraps, squaring them to 12.5 ...
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Welcome to this week's creativity round up, where I've been obsessed with finishing this big bed quilt!
I took time each day this week to listen to the lectures sent by Art Apothecary, on ways to be more creative, and the health benefit to making art. Pictures to follow on the above quilt but allow me to share one little drawing exercise meant to encourage your own wisdom and inner muse.
we were to think of a question or problem to solve. write it down. choose a color to begin (red was mine) close our eyes and just ...
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| previous Christmas quilt hanging in our stairwell |
I spent an amount of time being creative in the kitchen this week, (yep even dog cookies turn into art around here)
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| cranberry applesauce poodle cookies as a mandala |
getting out the Christmas dishes, and kitchen towels, hanging quilts around the house from previous years, and using Christmas scrap fabric to create a few gifts, and soothe my harried soul...
I approached each little mug ...
read more Welcome to this week's creativity round-up... first a finish!!!
they were similar sizes so I cut them all to be the same size, adding in some strips here or there. I made them a few years ago with scraps from a big Christmas quilt, and thought mug rugs.
putting them together like this required some fancy y-seam machine work, and figuring ...
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I love color, so I admit to often bypassing neutrals but that's the scrap color of the month at RSC. I have an actual brown scrap bin, and used it this month
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| 3/4" hexies |
I have shared my process weekly with the acorns starting with the pattern, tiny scraps cut just so and sewn with care into 6" blocks!
in making the block you do HST units by sewing, flipping open and trimming little triangle pieces ...
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| the back of the folded hanging container |
I didn't end up making any others of the 41 projects on offer, but I did print out the patterns for several
that look like things I'd like. Back to ...
read moredo you recognize what this is???
I'd say this was a creative week of back stage work for me.... I worked a lot on a project I can't share til next week but have a couple things to show you... I shared 3 quilts on Thursday's post, you might like to go see them... HERE
Let's start this show.....
I was thinking to try an embroidery technique of writing with stitches and put this together from the ...
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| a finish! table runner close up 12" X 35" |
Let's start with the painting....
my friend at https://canadianneedlenana.blogspot.com/ takes spectacular photos of nature, this week she shared a pic of a junco which inspired me to try to draw then paint it...
I was struck by the blue mixed with black and white, and the little sparkling eyes.
What inspires you to make art from nature? There's always something... how to capture the light on ...
read morewelcome to my creativity round up for the last week of October 2022.
no not raking,
The little index card with a message for me on it is about all I've painted except for fabric this week. I started with a word written with stabillo crayon, and wet brush dragged the paint into a shadow. Then leaves drawn with pigma marker, painted with watercolors, it was done!
A workshop lesson this week was to try block printing on fabric
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| square stamp with spirals, lumiere paint |
